George E Leader
Military12 Sept 1943 C-60A #42-56037 crashed near Prestwick airfield on a local training flight. All 3 crew returned to duty. This was part of a ferrying squadron. Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 280
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![First Lieutenant Richard Steck of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs his crew and 10 passengers before a flight from Wales in a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95151) nicknamed "Monotonous Maggie".
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12 Sept 1943 C-60A #42-56037 crashed near Prestwick airfield on a local training flight. All 3 crew returned to duty. This was part of a ferrying squadron. / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia